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This page was last updated early during the year 2000 and some or all of its content may thus no longer be current or accurate.

Some quotes and links relating to this Web site

Links from editorially-selective Web sites

"Great Site"

Bill Syrros
Research Assistant to Peter de Jager Go
(a prominent figure in the worldwide Y2K political and technical arena)

The only Web site listed under the "Universities and Colleges" links section of the
Year 2000 Information Center Go
http://www.year2000.com/y2klinks.html

One of a very few Web sites linked from the Open Directory Project category:
Computers > Software > Year 2000 > FAQs

Includes links from: Netscape Netcenter Go
http://directory.netscape.com/Computers/Software/Year_2000/FAQs/
and
Lycos Go
http://dir.lycos.com/Computers/Software/Year_2000/FAQs/

One of three Web sites spotlighted as about.com's (formerly the MiningCo.'s) Hot Search Sites of the Day Go for July 10, 1999.
http://websearch.miningco.com/library/hotsites/blnew_071099.htm

The only Y2K-specific site included in about.com's Guide to Computer: Technical Support Go
http://websearch.about.com/msub5-m05.htm

"An extremely thorough, unbiased, information-packed website that offers extensive information about Y2K issues affecting personal computers and workstations"

FACSNET: Journalism Resources and Education's list of resources for journalists on "Covering Y2K"
Y2K by Beat: Computers Go
http://www.facsnet.org/cgi-bin/New/facstim/13790

Quotes and links from academic institutions and others working in the Y2K field

"A comprehensive collection of Y2K documentation for personal computers"

University of Edinburgh (UK) Go
http://www.ucs.ed.ac.uk/Y2K/Y2Klinks.shtml

"A comprehensive and very informative site"

University of Bath (UK) Go
http://www.bath.ac.uk/BUCS/y2k/uniy2k.htm

"Good checklists for all types of PC[s]"

The University of Western Australia Go
http://year2000.uwa.edu.au/

"An excellent site for Y2k information on PCs"

College of William & Mary Go
http://www.wm.edu/year2000/helpful.htm

"An excellent Y2K page"

Pennsylvania State University Go
http://ftp.cac.psu.edu/pub/year2000/PSU-NSTL/pcy2k.htm

"Excellent and very complete"

UC Santa Barbara - Letters & Sciences Information Technology Services Go
http://www.lsit.ucsb.edu/helpdesk/news/y2k_faqs.php

"A vast repository of shared Y2K information ... on Year 2000 (Y2K) issues affecting microcomputers and workstations."

North Dakota State University Go
http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/ndsu/elsmith/y2k/NDSU_Y2K.html

"A great web site with tons of useful information"

Southern Oregon University Go
http://www.sou.edu/csc/y2kdesk.htm

"The best [Y2K clearinghouse] I've seen is The Year 2000 page at UC-Berkeley. This site is comprehensive, beautifully organized, and tells you exactly what you need to know."

University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Computer Science 120: Introduction to Problem Solving with the Internet
Fall 1999
Y2K Info Go page
http://www-edlab.cs.umass.edu/cs120/y2k.html

"Excellent review on all varieties of ... computers."

City of Berkeley (California) Go
http://www.ci.berkeley.ca.us/y2k/default.htm

"An information-packed site for personal computers"

Anne Michaud
Cincinnati Enquirer (a Gannett newspaper)
October 28, 1999
Squash that millennium bug! Web site advice abounds for everything from PCs to cars Go
http://enquirer.com/homepage/stories/102899_y2k.html

"An excellent resource for Y2K information in general"

David Emery
About.com Guide to Urban Legends and Folklore
Y2K 'Quick Fix' For Windows (NOT!) Go
http://urbanlegends.about.com/culture/beliefs/urbanlegends/library/weekly/aa081199.htm

"A thorough and concisely written effort aimed at enabling PC users to understand, evaluate, and resolve their y2k problems."

Nancy J. McKibben
author of The Chaos Protocol Go
(Malmesbury Books, 1999)
http://www.chaosprotocol.com/links.htm#pcissues

"A very good page of information and instructions"
(linked to The Y2K Hardware Problem Affecting Many PCs Go )

Carleton College Go
http://www.carleton.edu/campus/y2k/checkpc.html

"A detailed description of Basic Input/Output System (BIOS), Real Time Clock (RTC), and CMOS memory problems"
(linked to The Y2K Hardware Problem Affecting Many PCs Go )

North Carolina Statewide Year 2000 Program Go
http://year2000.state.nc.us/guid/begin.htm

"A very good explanation of possible pc hardware problems"
(linked to The Y2K Hardware Problem Affecting Many PCs Go )

Michigan State University Go
Division of Engineering Computing Services (DECS)
http://www.egr.msu.edu/decs/y2k/y2k.shtml

"Super sources"
(linked to PCs Running DOS: Y2K Readiness Checklist Go and Macintoshes: Y2K Readiness Checklist Go)

UCLA Year2000 Clearinghouse Go
http://www.ais.ucla.edu/year2000/

"a starting point for getting a Mac in shape for the Year 2000."
(linked to Macintoshes: Y2K Readiness Checklist Go)

Ric Ford
MacInTouch Special Report: Y2K and the Mac Go
http://www.macintouch.com/y2k.html

"Excellent overview of all the issues ... good checklist[s] for all computer platforms"
(linked to Macintoshes: Y2K Readiness Checklist Go)

University of Saskatchewan (Canada) Go
http://www.usask.ca/dcs/y2k/mac_assessment.shtml

"An excellent source of Y2K information on the Mac"
(linked to Macintoshes: Y2K Readiness Checklist Go)

The Macnologist Y2K Resource Go
http://www.macnologist.com/y2k/

"Excellent page"
(linked to Macintoshes: Y2K Readiness Checklist Go)

University of Hawaii Go
http://www.hawaii.edu/its/micro/mac/

"While researching through the EDUCAUSE y2k links ... We felt your site was the most comprehensive and informative."

Gilbert Giannini
Director of Information Systems - OICIT
Hunter College of the City University of New York

"I have been looking at how various universities are advising their faculty/staff/students on preparing for y2k. So far, yours is the most comprehensive--by a wide margin. Kudos to you!"

Bill Fitts
Seebeck Computer Center
University of Alabama

"Some pretty terrific materials ... especially your Y2K checklists"

Michael Mitchell
Coordinator of Training & Consulting
UCLA Office of Academic Computing

"Good website. ... Keep up the very good work!"

Leon A. Kappelman Go
Co-chair, Society for Information Management Y2K Working Group
Associate Professor, Business Computer Information Systems
College of Business Administration, University of North Texas
(another prominent figure in the Y2K community)

"Kudos to the Berkeley team ... for your excellent PC remediation information."

Ken Blythe
Senior Director for Administrative Computing and Year 2000 Coordinator
Penn State University

"Kudos on your web page; it is both thorough and well presented."

Alan Moses
Technical Coordinator, College of Letters and Science
UC Santa Barbara

"For a full discussion on changing display dates to four digits, check out the excellent guide from the U.C. at Berkeley Y2K website.
(referring to Changing Your Operating System's Default Date Format To Use Four-Digit Years Go )

"PC Mike" Wendland
NBC-TV Newschannel High Tech Correspondent
("Each week, PC Mike's "High Tech Talk" reports are distributed to all 250 NBC television stations in the country.")
How To...Make sure you are Y2K OK for Windows Date display Go
http://www.pcmike.com/backDateY2K.htm

"An excellent write-up"
(referring to Changing Your Operating System's Default Date Format To Use Four-Digit Years Go )

'Doc' Don Taylor
Continuum Foundation

"Pertinent information ... summarized in such a lucid manner"
(referring to Be "Y2K Savvy" When Using FileMaker Pro Go )

John Haffner
Merit Resource Group

"Wow, thanks for the complete FileMaker Y2K info. Your site is much better than FileMaker's."
(referring to Be "Y2K Savvy" When Using FileMaker Pro Go )

Mike Spalding
Colorado-based FileMaker developer

"A helpful guide"
(referring to Be "Y2K Savvy" When Using FileMaker Pro Go )

Eastern Michigan University Macintosh User Group Go

"This is great stuff - it looks like you and your team have done an outstanding job"
(referring to Data Files: Finding & Resolving Y2K Problems Go )

Dave King
WISDOM Consulting, Inc.

"Well done article. Short, concise, factual, in easily understood terms."
(referring to Why You Should Enter Dates With Four-Digit Years Whenever Possible Go )

Russ Kelly
Russ Kelly Associates Year 2000 Solutions Go

Links from other institutions

A number of other academic, governmental, and nonprofit organization Web sites link to one or more pages on this site - often prominently - but without commentary. Some college and university sites may directly refer to Berkeley's Y2K Readiness Checklists for various computer platforms. Examples of other external sites with links to this site include:

EDUCAUSE Go
http://www.educause.edu/issues/y2k.html

The University of Alabama at Birmingham Go
http://www.dpo.uab.edu/year2K/

California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo Go
http://www.calpoly.edu/year2000/links/links.htm

Universität Bayreuth (Germany) Go
http://www.lan.uni-bayreuth.de/Mac/Y2K/Jahr2000.html

University of California at Davis Go
http://y2k.ucdavis.edu/virus.cfm

University of California at San Francisco Go
http://www.ucsf.edu/y2k/last_minute.html

University of Cincinnati Go
http://helpdesk.uc.edu/year2000/software/RegionalDate.ASP

Cornell University, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Veterinary Medicine Go
http://biomedsci.vet.cornell.edu/announce.html

Emory University Go
http://www.emory.edu/ITD/YEAR2000/y2k_gen_dn.html

The George Washington University Go
http://www.gwu.edu/~y2k/categories/homepc1.html

Georgetown University Go
http://www.georgetown.edu/uis/y2k/webresources.htm

Kalamazoo College Go
http://www.kzoo.edu/is/y2k.shtml

Kansas State University Go
http://www.ksu.edu/year2000/sites.html

University of Kansas Go
http://www.ukans.edu/computing/y2k/resources7.shtml

University of Minnesota Go
http://www1.umn.edu/oit/year2000/q_n_a.html

Université de Montréal (Canada) Go
http://www.diter.umontreal.ca/an_2000/conformite/analyser_mac.htm

Memorial University of Newfoundland (Canada) Go
http://www.mun.ca/year2000/cont_plan.html

National University of Ireland, Galway Go
http://www.nuigalway.ie/y2k/pchowto.htm

University of North Carolina at Wilmington Go
http://www.uncwil.edu/mis/year2000.html

North Carolina State University Go
http://www.ncsu.edu/it/y2k/desktop.html

Northern Illinois University, Department of English Go
http://www.engl.niu.edu/nwr/y2kchecks.html

University of Northern Iowa Go
http://www.uni.edu/year2000/

Northwestern University School of Law Go
http://www.law.nwu.edu/depts/infosys/Y2K.html

Rice University Go
http://riceinfo.rice.edu/Computer/2000/

State Library of North Carolina Go
http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/hottopic/y2k/y2k.htm

State University of New York (SUNY) College at Potsdam Go
http://www.potsdam.edu/y2k/y2k.html

University of Oregon Go
http://y2k.uoregon.edu/links.htm

Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Molecular Microbiology Go
http://www.microbiology.wustl.edu/y2k/compu.html

Vassar College Go
http://webcentral.vassar.edu/y2k/Pages/cissw.html

Victoria University (New Zealand) Go
http://www.vuw.ac.nz/year2000/links.html

Quotes from the UC Berkeley community

"I want to compliment you on a very well done Web site. The information you have put together has been a tremendous help to us and I'm sure to the whole campus and the outside."

Nory Ison
Information Systems & Technology (IST)
Departmental Onsite Computing Support (DOCS)

"Your information was wonderful and saved me lots of time."

Claudia Waters
School of Social Welfare

"I think you have done an excellent job of providing very useful information to the widest of possible audiences."

Chris Mentzel
Computer Services
Boalt Hall School of Law

"I'm a former UCB employee and I've accessed your website for Y2K compliance issues and I find it by far THE BEST source of information. Someone (or several someones!) has done a dynamite job and I for one thank you greatly for all the efforts you have put forward on this resource."

Joan Streit

"We really appreciate all the hard work that you and the rest of the campus Y2K team has put into this project; there's no reason we should all have to repeat each other's efforts!"

Rob Johnson
Chancellor's Office Information Services (COIS)


Find something unclear? Missing? Incomplete? Inaccurate? Or even praiseworthy? Send us feedback about this Web site!

This site is provided by the campus Year 2000 Departmental Computers and Administrative Equipment Subcommittee at the University of California, Berkeley.

Copyright 1999 by the Regents of the University of California.
Disclaimer: The University assumes no liability if the information on this page is used for other than University purposes.